Hot Topics:

Social media redefines quest for mental gratification

By Deborah Petersen, Bay Area News Group

Posted:
11/03/2013 10:10:01 AM MST

Social media redefines quest for mental gratification

Wayne Chang, now with Facebook Seattle, demonstrates how he created a popping sound for the first Facebook chat notification in 2008. Chang says his goal at the time was to make a humanlike sound that was “not too annoying.” (Lipo Ching/San Jose Mercury News)While technology has made it effortless to bask in good vibes, it also has fueled an unlimited source of digital gratification that competes with the rest of our life.It's hard to know whether to thank or curse ...